You can’t spell “casino” without “sin.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOriginally, it meant a villa or summerhouse, but over time it came to mean a building built for pleasure. In modern Italy, “casino” refers to brothels!<\/p>\n
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They say “the house always wins.” It doesn’t always win, of course, but there’s nothing better than a good generalization. So, why do we refer to a casino as “the house”? Well, “casino” is Italian in origin, coming from the root word “casa,” meaning (wait for it) “house.” Originally, it meant a villa or summerhouse, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,23,24],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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